Periapta
Genus of sea snails
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Periapta is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
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| Periapta | |
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| Shell of Periapta polygyrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Periapta Bouchet & Warén, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Scalaria polygyrella Fischer P. in Locard, 1897 | |
Species
- Periapta gracilis (Verrill, 1880)
- Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer in Locard, 1897)
- Periapta siapnoi (DuShane, 1977)
- Periapta weili García, 2003
